Where does “jännittäjälihas” come from?

jännittäjälihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish jännittäjä, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

jännittäjälihas (Finnish): tensor muscle

Definitions

  1. tensor muscle

Ancestry of “jännittäjälihas”, step by step

jännittäjälihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jännittäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjännittäjäone who often feels nervous, excited, unsure;...
2Finnishice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish lihas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihasmuscle
2Finnish-sForms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or...
3Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
4Proto-Uralic-mte
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw